What's For Breakfast? Veggie-Me-Up

I fix myself a vegetable omelet at least once a week. I notice when I do eat an omelet for breakfast, I am not as hungry during the day.

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How My Mom And I Lost Weight

Another way [to lose weight] is to eat mini meals throughout the day. Instead of the three meals, (breakfast, lunch and dinner), eat 4-5 small portions throughout the day.

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Slowly But Surely Going Meat-less

I think that it's a bit difficult to go cold turkey at once [when going vegetarian]. About converting to a vegan, yes, I've seen those horrific pictures of chickens getting de-beaked, animals forced to lie in their own excrement and cute little calves with disgusting "conditioning" instruments strapped to their necks.

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A Week's Worth Of Soup

My healthy meal is a cup of soup (last night's vegetables and chicken stock) and a salad or fruit.  The soup can last a week: Monday — vegetable soup, Tuesday add cooked chicken, Wednesday add new vegetables, Thursday add rice/noodles, Friday thicken soup and use it as 'chicken a'la king by putting it over a slice of whole wheat bread or whole wheat noodles.

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A Savory Sweet Potatoe Recipe

I usually cut them into cubes and shake them in a Ziploc bag with garlic and onion power, also Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes.

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Don't Let Fruit Become Toxic

Nutritionists advise not to consume any fruit after any meal. The reason being, the fruit at the top of all the other food like meats, carbohydrates, and vegetables, will digest within one hour while the latter food will take a couple more hours to do so.

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A Yummy And Easy Way To Get Your Veggies

I line a large cookie sheet with alcan foil and spray it with Pam. Then I place a sliced turnip on the sheet, and spray again with Pam.

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Sweetened Iced Tea—The Natural Way

Get your favorite fresh fruits, chop them up into cubish sized blocks, freeze them, brew some tea, and voila! Sweet refreshing fruit flavored iced tea with even less sugar!

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When To Eat Fruit

If you do eat fruit, eat it first and you only have to wait 30 minutes before you eat other foods. If you eat other foods first, you should wait at least 2 hours before eating your fruit.

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Great Tips To Spice up Fruits and Veggies

I always steam or boil my veggies and I keep and freeze the water I've cooked them in because many nutrients leak out from the veggies during the cooking process.Next, I boil the vegetable, and I bring out the broth from the last time, and cook the new batch of veggies in the same broth (I add some water only if required).

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